What's wrong with this dime??? I might be crazy, but for some reason I'm thinking this has been dipped. It just looks...weird.
it's sad when the sellers on ebay don't advertise it as dipped or polished or whatnot...ugh. makes it so much more difficult.
I don't know how you could tell if it's dipped or how baddly cleaned by the apparently black and white photos.
Why ? There is nothing wrong with properly dipping a coin and it often improves the coin. Finding any older coin that has not been dipped is much, much harder. Polishing, harsh cleaning or any other alteration - yes, those should be mentioned. Even over-dipping that destroys luster should be mentioned. But there really is no reason to mention that a coin has been dipped because fully 80% or more of them have been dipped. It is so common that it is something that should be taken for granted. And viper, the way you can tell with this coin is obvious. Just look at all the black gunk inside the date - but yet it is nowehere else on the coin. The only way that can happen is if it was dipped. That and the fact no coin of that age is going to be that white.
whoa seriously!?! that's crazy! I knew most have been cleaned, but I didn't know about dipped. So, if most coins and most have been dipped, that leaves like....not so many unaltered coins. thanks for the info, GD!
What do you mean?? I'm not sure what raw coins means...I assume it means unaltered, but I'm probably wrong
ohhhh that makes everything a lot clearer. I only have a few slabbed coins, but I wish I could get the money to slab a few I have...that'd be a great investment = \
What is missing here is the price. IF that coin was cheap enough I'd take a chance on it even though it was obviously cleaned. But so what? I have lots of cleaned coins and a long time ago, I too cleaned coins. Used to be the thing to do. If your purchasing a coin for yourself, no intent on reselling it, makes little difference if it was cleaned to me. However, if your into this hobby for a near future sale of your coins, then cleaned coins are now a no-no value wise.
